Multiple Hurt as Turbulence Impacts A Delta Airlines Aircraft Landing at Sydney

A number of individuals were hurt following a Delta Airlines jet traveling from Los Angeles to Sydney, Australia encountered turbulence on Friday morning.

The flight, numbered 41 "encountered brief turbulence" as it landed at Sydney Airport, a representative for the carrier informed. Four flight attendants were injured.

The New South Wales Ambulance Service said they evaluated five patients, and transported a trio to hospital with minor injuries that comprised back pain and headaches. The injured spanned from their thirties and seventies.

It is the latest incident of commercial jets being hit by severe turbulence, with experts pointing out that global warming is a major factor.

On board were 245 passengers and fifteen staff members on the Airbus A350, the representative added, clarifying that the plane landed "without further incident" at the airport at 6:48 a.m. local time on Friday morning.

Paramedics said they were alerted just only 180 seconds prior to the plane touched down, and emergency vehicles were standing by on the runway.

The reasons turbulence is getting more frequent - and more severe.

During the past year, 25 people were hurt when another Delta jet, travelling from Salt Lake City to Amsterdam, Netherlands, experienced "considerable" atmospheric disturbance just a couple of hours into the transoceanic journey, and diverted for an unscheduled landing.

Recently, those on board on a Singapore Airlines flight endured a frightening brief five-second period of extreme instability. An individual passed away and dozens were injured, as individuals not fastened in lifted out of their seats and crashed back down.

In-flight turbulence is a common occurrence on aircraft journeys, and while instances of strong or severe turbulence seem to be rising, they are statistically infrequent.

Research indicates that there are around 5,000 incidents of severe-or-greater turbulence each year, out of a sum of over 35 million flights that now take off worldwide.

Strong atmospheric disturbance is described as when the up and down movements of a plane going through disturbed air generate in excess of 1.5 times the force of gravity on your body - a strong enough force to throw you from your seat if you weren't wearing a safety belt.

As climate change alters the conditions in the sky, experts warn that commercial aviation could become more turbulent: shifts in temperature and altered air currents in the higher altitudes are likely to boost the frequency and intensity of severe turbulence.